Studio 2
Trainscape
Ursula Chandler
Studio Description
Selecting a section of the V/Line between Melbourne and Bendigo we will explore the railway landscape, its paths, edges, districts, nodes, landmarks and in-between spaces - the trainscape. The trainscape is neither urban nor rural – it connects the two. We will use this existing infrastructure and the landscape it has generated to re-imagine, re-interrupt and transform the connection between country and city and between regional towns.
Studio Outcomes
The studio will be broken into 3 phases, a research, observation & recording Workbook, a testing and ‘making’ phase focused on construction detailing, and our final proposals which could be implemented in one or multiple locations along the trainscape. The Workbook will be a collated document of our collaborative work, and will include; sketches, drawings, images, writings, collages, maps, articles & records, precedents and other relevant work, which will inform our projects. The Workbook will contribute to each of our Preliminary Hypothesises. The Making phase will focus on exploring materials and architectural tectonics. We will look to reuse & ‘make do’ in reference to early colonial and vernacular architecture, and the notion of bricolage – creating something new and improvised from the diversity of what is found and at hand. Through these two stages we will inform our final actions and interventions, projects generated and formed by what is existing, but reacting to a new condition.
Studio Leader
Ursula has been practicing in London since 2012, returning to Australia in 2018 to establish Ursula Chandler Architects. Most recently, Ursula was employed as a Project Lead at Adjaye Associates, working directly with Sir David Adjaye on a number of key projects in the Practice’s Africa portfolio, including; the National Ghana Cathedral, International Finance Corporation Offices and leading multiple international competition entries. Prior to this, Ursula worked for Studio Octopi, and in Australia for Robert Simeoni Architects. Ursula is interested in architecture, which responds to and is grounded in, the time, place and culture in which it is built. She has a passion for historic buildings from ancient Greek ruins to disused industrial sites.
TRAVEL: Week 3 | $100 approx.
ST1/02 Mondays 12:00-15:00 in MSD Room 118
ST2/02 Wednesdays 18:15-21:15 in MSD Room 213